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Gwen Stefani May Replace Christina Aguilera on The Voice
Originally posted 04/19/2014 10:50AM
No doubt about it, changes are coming to The Voice.
Following news that Pharrell Williams will take CeeLo Green's chair, reports say that Gwen Stefani also appears to be joining the singing show as a coach for season 7.
PHOTO: Christina Aguilera Debuts Baby Belly
Originally posted 04/17/2014 06:00PM
In her first social media comments since news of her pregnancy broke, the singer ended her silence Thursday
Christina Aguilera 'Glowing' at Miley Cyrus Concert
Originally posted 02/24/2014 02:45PM
These Disney gals are sticking together!
Christina Aguilera – who is expecting a baby with fiancé Matt Rutler later this year, PEOPLE confirmed – supported Miley Cyrus at Saturday night's Los Angeles stop of her Bangerz Tour at the Staples Center.
Clad in a loose white T-shirt, skinny jeans and sky-high heels, the Voice coach, 33, "looked radiant and glowing" as she walked around with girlfriends, a source tells PEOPLE.
Christina Aguilera Is 'So Happy' About Pregnancy
Originally posted 02/21/2014 05:45PM
Life is good for Christina Aguilera. The singer, who got engaged earlier this month and is expecting a baby with her fiancé, Matt Rutler, is "very excited" about the year ahead, a source tells PEOPLE.
All About Christina Aguilera's Hidden-Gems Engagement Ring
Originally posted 02/17/2014 07:25PM
The star's fiancé thought through every element of her new sparkler
See Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera Transform 'Do What U Want' into a Diva Duet
Originally posted 12/18/2013 03:00PM
"Do What U Want" is the high point of Lady Gaga's Artpop, a shimmeringly sexy duet that sees Gaga offering up every inch of herself for her lover's pleasure.
There's just one problem: Gaga's duet partner on the song is none other than R. Kelly, whose criminal history with underage girls lends an uncomfortable undercurrent to lines like "Do what you want with my body."
Tessanne Chin Wins The Voice Season 5
Originally posted 12/17/2013 11:20PM
The Voice closed out its fifth season in star-studded fashion Tuesday, but even performances from the likes of Céline Dion and Lady Gaga – who dueted with coach Christina Aguilera for the first time – could not outshine the real star of the night: winner Tessanne Chin.
Tessanne Chin and Will Champlin of Team Adam Levine and Jacquie Lee of Team Christina made the coaches' chairs swivel during their blind auditions, then never failed to out-belt their competitors to win the hearts of their coaches, and the votes of America to earn a spot in the finals.
But only one could walk away with The Voice title.
The Voice: Three Finalists Do Fierce Battle in the Show's Finale
Originally posted 12/17/2013 08:50AM
The final performance show on The Voice featured strong finishes from the final three contenders: Jamaican diva Tessanne Chin, California musical whiz Will Champlin and New Jersey teen sensation Jacquie Lee.
All showed off their evolution as artists, performing three songs during Monday's episode, including duets with their coaches, during which the contestants held their own, and then some, against their celebrity mentors.
A winner will be crowned on the show's finale Tuesday.
The Voice's Final Three Are Revealed
Originally posted 12/11/2013 09:40AM
Ladies and gentlemen, The Voice officially has its finalists.
After a season filled with epic performances, game-changing steals and tense Twitter saves, a trio of singers proved they have the pipes – and grit – to compete for The Voice crown next week.
So who did America vote through to the finals, and who ended their musical journey?
The Voice: Tessanne Chin Leaves Coach Adam Levine Speechless
Originally posted 12/10/2013 08:45AM
Tessanne Chin's coach, Adam Levine, alluded to a personal and private burden she'd been carrying this week, but she channeled those raw emotions into her performance on The Voice on Monday, with a searing version of Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" that had the audience on its feet cheering.
Pouring out her heart, the Jamaican power vocalist ended her song with a sustained note that showcased her strength and likely cemented her place in the show's final as the last five contestants battled in the live semifinals round.
"That was crazy what just happened," Levine said. "The sheer talent is just … I think that is probably the most flawless and graceful performance I've ever heard on this show."
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The mission of the Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTTION) public-private partnership with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to identify, prioritize, sponsor, coordinate, and promote innovative activities — with a special interest in optimizing clinical trials — that will expedite the discovery and development of improved analgesic, anesthetic, and addiction treatments for the benefit of the public health.
ACTTION is a multi-year, multi-phase initiative that is closely aligned with the FDA's Critical Path Initiative. This public-private partnership has been designed to streamline the discovery and development process for new analgesic, anesthetic, and addiction medications and to more generally accelerate the development of treatments with improved efficacy and safety.
The key objectives of ACTTION involve initiating and supporting strategic collaborations among a broad spectrum of stakeholders — including, but not limited to, academia, the FDA and other government agencies, industry, professional organizations, patient advocacy groups, foundations, and philanthropic organizations — with the goals of sharing data and innovative thinking about the development of novel therapeutics. These strategic collaborations involve a wide range of research projects and other activities, for example, scientific workshops, consensus meetings, and in-depth analyses of clinical trial data to determine the effects of research methods on study assay sensitivity and efficiency.
ACTTION is intended to have benefits that are international in scope. To represent the bridges that ACTTION is establishing among its diverse stakeholders, this website is illustrated with watermarks of two bridges that share the distinction of connecting different continents. Directly below is the First Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, which connects Europe and Asia; on the Contact Us webpage is the Leifur Eiriksson Bridge in Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, which spans a rift valley between the North American and European continental plates.
October 17, 2014: Thirteen ACTTION Articles Published or Accepted Since January 1, 2014
The following ACTTION articles have recently been published or accepted for publication (see May 22, 2014 news item below for this year's first set). These articles cover a range of topics, and abstracts are available at the link provided at the end of each reference.
Gewandter JS, McDermott MP, McKeown A, Smith SM, Williams MR, Hunsinger M, Farrar JT, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Reporting of missing data and methods used to accommodate them in recent analgesic clinical trials: ACTTION systematic review and recommendations. Pain, 2014;155:1871-1877. (abstract here)
Dufka FL, Dworkin RH, Rowbotham MC. How transparent are migraine clinical trials? RReMiT Repository of Registered Migraine Trials. Neurology, in press. (abstract here)
Dufka FL, Munch T, Dworkin RH, Rowbotham MC. Results availability for analgesic device, CRPS, and post-stroke pain trials: comparing the RReADS, RReACT and RReMiT databases. Pain, in press. (abstract here)
Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Peirce-Sandner S, He H, McDermott MP, Hochberg MC, Jordan JM, Katz NP, Lin AH, Neogi T, Rappaport BA, Simon LS, Strand V. Meta-analysis of assay sensitivity and study features in clinical trials of pharmacologic treatments for osteoarthritis pain. Arthritis & Rheumatology, in press. (abstract here)
Gewandter JS, McDermott MP, McKeown A, Smith SM, Pawlowski JR, Poli JP, Rothstein D, Williams MR, Bujanover S, Farrar JT, Gilron I, Katz NP, Rowbotham MC, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Reporting of intention-to-treat analyses in recent analgesic clinical trials: ACTTION systematic review and recommendations. Pain, in press. (abstract here)
Gewandter JS, McKeown A, McDermott MP, Dworkin JD, Smith SM, Gross RA, Hunsinger M, Lin AH, Rappaport BA, Rice ASC, Rowbotham MC, Williams MR, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Data interpretation in analgesic clinical trials with statistically non-significant primary analyses: An ACTTION systematic review. Journal of Pain, in press. (abstract here)
Hunsinger M, Smith SM, Rothstein D, McKeown A, Parkhurst M, Hertz S, Katz NP, Lin AH, McDermott MP, Rappaport BA, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Adverse event reporting in non-pharmacologic, non-interventional pain clinical trials: ACTTION systematic review. Pain, in press. (abstract here)
September 29, 2014: ACTTION Awarded 3-year Contract and Increased Cooperative Agreement Funding from FDA
ACTTION was awarded increased funding for Year 4 of its 5-year cooperative agreement, and was also awarded a 3-year contract from the FDA to conduct analyses of patient-level data from analgesic clinical trials submitted to the FDA. These analyses will focus on statistical aspects of analgesic trials, such as the accommodation of missing data, as well as the development and validation of composite outcome measures of pain and physical functioning and pain and rescue analgesic use. The inspiration and impetus for ACTTION was provided by the FDA, and the ongoing support of the agency has been essential to ACTTION's success and accomplishments.


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Reel Sex: The Many Shapes of Cinematic Beards
Features By Gwen Reyes on January 5, 2012 | Be the First To CommentOne of my greatest loves, besides full-frontal male nudity in films, is a beard. Normally I would get up on my soap box and spout out tributes to the greatness of male facial hair, how it can instantly make a baby-faced boy look tough and intimidating. Or take a scrappy young man and make him appear soulful or whimsical. Facial hair can even play as much importance in telling the difference between a hipster or a homeless person (a game that is one of my favorite past times). And while I like to think more people share my love of male facial muffs, I've come to realize many audiences see facial hair as a costume or accessory meant to show a level of untrustworthy or roguish manliness that a clean-shaven character lacks. This is unfortunate as any level of facial hair can really mean more than just good versus evil on screen. I have spent many years disappointing my parents with my choice in men and their accompanying facial hair, starting from the celebrities I chose to crush on (90s teen boy bands aside) to the men I brought home for Sunday night dinners. I have long been cursed with a love of beards I cannot deny myself. And as I have spent years writing about and stroking them (research!) it is about time Hollywood takes note of the diversity in beards and how they aren't just for the bad guys anymore.
9 New 'My Idiot Brother' Images Show Off a Bearded Paul Rudd
Movie News By Scott Beggs on January 10, 2011 | Comments (1)My Idiot Brother will premiere at Sundance later this month, bringing its sunny disposition to the cold of Utah. The movie features Paul Rudd as the eternal optimist with an uncanny beard-growing ability who springs back into the lives of his three sisters – played by Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks, and Zooey Deschanel. There are 9 new images from the film which mostly show off the hippie rug covering Rudd's face, as well as the strong, aforementioned talent pool playing his siblings.
'Vampire's Assistant' Trailer Introduces Us to the Freaks
Movie News By Scott Beggs on August 5, 2009 | Comments (4)Ever fantasized about Salma Hayek with a giant beard? Of course you haven't (wink), but if you're still curious about it, check out the new trailer for The Vampire's Assistant.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, BFFs Forever
Movie News By Scott Beggs on April 17, 2008 | Be the First To CommentMovie Gods Steven Spielberg and George Lucas sat down with Entertainment Weekly and gave one hell of an interview. They laugh together, act like an old married couple and get their hands dirty about making Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Suzuki actually sells three distinct 2010 SX4 models. First there's the 2010 Suzuki SX4 Sport, which is a traditional four-door sedan. Then there's the 2010 Suzuki SX4 SportBack hatchback, which is the subject of this review. There's also the 2010 Suzuki SX4 Crossover, which is available with all-wheel drive (the other two are front-wheel drive only). All three SX4 models have the same 2.0-liter four-cylinder, with either a six-speed manual or CVT. Strangely enough, it is possible to buy a 2010 Suzuki SX4 Crossover with all-wheel drive starting at only $17,584, whereas the front-wheel-drive SX4 SportBack like our test car costs $1100 more, at $18,684. The two vehicles have nearly identical interiors, and their exteriors differ only in body cladding, the front fascia, and the Crossover's roof rails. The Crossover also rides slightly higher than the SX4 SportBack and SX4 sedan.
Why is the front-wheel-drive SX4 more expensive than the Crossover? Good question. But American Suzuki views the two models as distinctly different. The SX4 SportBack is supposed to be a bit sportier and aims for the Honda Fit and perhaps the base VW Golf, whereas the SX4 Crossover aims for the base Subaru Impreza.
Most Americans don't even know that the SX4 exists, let alone that there are three variations of it. I bet you can drive a hard bargain down at your Suzuki dealer, especially since Suzuki sales are doing very poorly here in America. But the main reason I'd want an SX4 would be if I were looking for a cheap way into an AWD vehicle, so I'd aim for the Crossover, not our SX4 SportBack. The Suzuki SX4 Crossover is, in fact, the least expensive all-wheel-drive vehicle available in America.
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But while the region is looking up on the economic front, a new report authored by Gino Costa of the Washington, DC based Inter-American Dialogue on the state of crime and insecurity in Latin America tells a very different story. Using data from regional governments, think tanks and international organizations, Costa portrays regional governments as gravely threatened by drug trafficking networks, powerful organized crime syndicates and persistent high levels of violence.
The average homicide rate in Latin America has jumped in the last decade, growing 30 percent from 2000 to a 26 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008. But while the media often tends to categorize violence in the region by country, the Dialogue's report illustrates some surprising variations within countries which show that the region's fiercest "drug wars" are often concentrated in just a few cities or municipalities.


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Sometimes I cannot help but wonder just in how many ways the obesity epidemic is affecting so many aspects of our health, economics and social interactions. Here is perhaps the strangest story that I have heard so far:
According to Terry Kiney of the Associated Press, an Ohio death row inmate blames prison food for making him too fat to be executed humanely.
Richard Cooey is scheduled to die by lethal injection Oct. 14 for killing two University of Akron students in 1986.
His attorneys said in a brief filed Tuesday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati that the state is partly responsible for Cooey's physical problems that might make his death unnecessarily painful.
The appeal says his obesity could make it difficult for the execution team to find a viable vein for lethal injection.
You never stop wondering….
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:59 amOBESITY NO BLOCK TO "VIABLE" VEIN
Dr. Sharma, as you know, obesity by itself is not a block to placing an IV. All that is necessary is what (as you know) is called a "cut-down."
For those who are not aware how this is done, a small amount of local anesthetic is administered over a vein, and a small incision is made to expose it. Then, the IV is placed. Ordinarily a single or two sutures are applied to close the incision after the IV is placed.
The procedure is virtually painless, except for the installation of the local anesthetic.
The only problem I can see with this is that physicians (like myself) cannot legally perform a cut down, because we cannot be a part of ending a patient's life.
However, a non-physician can be easily trained to perform this procedure. It is not necessary for a physician to actually teach a technician. This could be done with a film of the procedure.
This is not "brain" surgery.
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October 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pmA timely story, Arya, as yesterday as I was donating blood I wondered (not being trained in needles) how much harder it is to find a vein in an arm if there is more subcutaneous fat at the inner elbow (the "crelbow" as my husband calls it – crook of the elbow). But then again, some veins are hard enough to find at any weight (I'm definately case in point- ouch)! What kind of training to nurses and doctors receive in their general courses about ways to do these sorts of procedures on obese patients? Again it comes down to the reccuring converation about improving the scope of training.
I also wonder about the donating chairs – they are quite hard to climb into. I see the bed in the picture here has steps – but the bed itself looks quite narrow. The straps on the bed also may not reach around an obese inmate. This is actually something to consider in many arenas – for example measuring tapes to waist circumfrence, and children's swings in plagrounds.
There should be no barriers like this to donating blood or recieving the best health care or being active (or perhaps even to getting "justice" as declared by some US states). -
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October 9th, 2008 at 6:45 pmGood day Dr.Sharma,it is unbelievable how obesity is sweeping around the world at what seems to be terrible pace.If it had crept up from behind, like a unknown undiscovered disease, I would understand the despair.Its as though no own has seen all these people getting bigger.Haven't teachers seen the kids there teaching and noticed?What about the preacher in church,what as he done?The family doctor where has he been all this time?
When my wife and I researched to peronally find out what we should do to help ourselves out,we realized how alone we were.We have been working on finding the problem with obesity before the solution and we have discovered a lot.
Keep up the good work and we look forward to recieving more info from you through your blog.Again thank you .Pierre for Pierre&Pierrette.we have a blog at http://www.gopep1.com


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I'm delighted to hear that yet another institution is getting down to recording its history. I'm also happy to hear that the collection node for material for that history is Tiruchchirappalli, for that was the headquarters — and not Madras — of that institution in the days when that city was known as Trichinopoly.
The institution whose history is being recorded is the South Indian Railway, which, together with the slightly older Madras & South Mahratta Railway, is now the Southern Railway. The M & SM served an area above an arbitrary line between Mangalore on the west coast and Madras on the east, reaching up to another imaginary line between Poona and Vizagapatam. South of the Mangalore-Madras line was South Indian Railway (SIR) territory.
The SIR had its beginnings in the Great Southern of India Railway Co. that was formed in England in 1853. Line construction in the Southern reaches of the Presidency was begun in 1859 and the tracks were opened for traffic in 1861, the 150th anniversary of which is what the celebrations are to be all about. The GSIR's first line was planned from Negapatam to Trichinopoly and the Negapatam-Tiruvarur link (about 15 miles) was opened on July 15, 1861. The nearly 35-mile extension from Tiruvarur to Tanjore was opened in December, and the rest of the line was completed on March 11, 1862 when the 35-mile long Tanjore-Trichy stretch was opened. Trichinopoly to Erode was connected by January 1, 1868. The GSIR, I'm told, is still remembered in markings on two grandfather clocks, one in the house of the General Manager, Southern Railways, and the other in the house of the Divisional Manager, Tiruchchirappalli — both true heritage pieces, like the houses.
While the GSIR was extending its reach in the Deep South of India, the Carnatic Railway Company was formed as a successor to the Indian Tramway Company that had been established in 1864 to build light local railways in South India. The Carnatic Railway began its operations when it opened an 18-mile track between Arkonam and Conjeevaram on May 8, 1865. A third company that was formed in the South was the Pondicherry Railway Company that was founded in 1874; it built an eight-mile track that was opened to traffic on December 15, 1879.
On July 1, 1874, the GSIR and the Carnatic Railway merged as the South Indian Railway, which, in 1880, took over the Pondicherry Railway. W.S. Betts headed SIR's operations in India in its early days. It was in 1890 that the South Indian Railway Company was registered in London and Trichinopoly was made its headquarters. At this time, it owned nearly 1,850 miles of track in India's Deep South. In May 1931, SIR added the Madras Suburban Electric Train Service to its mileage, opening up nearly 20 miles of track between Madras Beach and Tambaram, with 13 stations in between. At one time, this commuter service ran 100 trains a day. On April 14, 1951, SIR became a part of Southern Railway.
SIR's headquarters office and its railway station in Trichinopoly were built c.1900 by T. Samynada Pillai, a leading Bangalore contractor. But he outdid his Trichinopoly and later Madura work when he built the Egmore station, the SIR's main Madras terminus, which was inaugurated in 1908. Both in design and construction, this was intended to outshine Harding's and Chisholm's work on Central Station — and it did. Samynada Pillai, as a consequence, won the contract to build the M&SM headquarters building, now the Southern Railway headquarters.
The man who made the Minor
It was a notice of homage I noticed last week that reminded me of a signal contribution that J.V.P. Rao made to the Amalgamations Group that, sadly, did not lead to the Group becoming a major player in Indian automobile manufacture. If what Rao got started at Addison's had not been rather rudely stymied by another manufacturer, the Morris Minor could well have become India's ' people's car' long before the Maruti.
It was in 1941 that Rao, just out ofcollege, visited Amalagamations' headquarters to get a letter of recommendation — his father was the Municipal Commissioner and the Group had a history of its European Directors serving as Councillors — for a post in the M&SM Railway. He was persuaded to try Simpson's for three months — and he stayed for a lifetime.
In 1949, he took over as General Manager of Addison's which was then agents for Nuffield's Morris, Wolseley and Riley cars and vans and Chrysler's Plymouth, Dodge and De Soto cars and trucks, and found the company slowly running out of business with the Government's refusal to allow the import of ready-for-road cars and trucks.
Addison's, however, did have a small assembly line going to assemble Dodge trucks from CKD (completely knocked down) packs, but too few were being sold. Why not, he thought, use the assembly skills of the workers to assemble a small car. But that's when he discovered that his predecessor had informed the Industries Ministry that Addison's had no intention of setting up assembly facilities for CKD car packs!
For the next few months, Rao virtually lived in Delhi getting the powers-that-be to ignore that letter. They eventually did — but while assembly of Morris Minor CKD kits was permitted, the jigs and other assembly fixtures were not. Rao, who had trained with Nuffield's before his appointment at Addison's, had, however, brought back drawings of several such requirements — and Simpson's set about making them, a field Addison's was to specialise in years later.
On November 15, 1950, the first assembled-in-Madras car rolled out of Addison's works on Smith Road in the heart of town. At the wheel was Anantharamakrishnan, then on his way to chairing the Group. Starting with the assembly of two cars a day, production was pushed to five a day within weeks, and within a year, the 1000th Morris Minor was on the roads.
After about two years of successful assembly operations, Rao began thinking about progressive manufacture — and, Anantharamakrishnan, dreaming of indigenised production, felt it could be achieved in five years.
But that's when lightning struck; the bolt out of the blue was a letter from Hindustan Motors, Calcutta, which was assembling the Hindustan 10 (Morris 10), stating that it had the first rights on the manufacture of any Nuffield vehicle in India. Even Anantharamakrishnan's offer of royalty was turned down by G.D. Birla. Anantharamakrishnan, as was his wont, did not push his case.
Addison's continued to assemble the Minor till its CKD packs lasted and then closed the line in 1952. Hindustan Motors, thereafter, took up assembly of the small car for a short while — but killed it in favour of the bigger, pricier vehicle. After all, at the Rs. 5,200 Addison's was selling the Minor, the margins were not particularly attractive even if the car was helping get Indians on four wheels.
Addison's for the next two years went into the assembly of Ford trucks and tried to get an agreement going to assemble, then manufacture, the Ford Popular. But when it did not materialise, and as India began industrialising, Rao decided to get into machine tools.
By 1965, Addison's was the largest cutting tool manufacturer — and exporter — in the country. Addison's also went into the foundry business. And at every step, Anantharamakrishnan told Rao: "I do not want details. If you are convinced, go ahead. I believe in giving people a long rope. Use it to climb up or hang yourself."
Climb Rao did. In 1977, he became the first technical staff member to join the Amalgamations' Board. The recent homage indicated that the Anantharamakrishnan family has not forgotten his contribution to the Group.
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* V. Krishnamurthy who was an Assistant Professor of Botany at Presidency College in the 1940s and 1950s, recalls taking students to the Agri-Horticultural Gardens (Miscellany, April 19) to study the flora in the "beautifully maintained gardens" that were called the "Teynampet Botanical Garden".
He recalls an "imposing gate at the corner of Mount Road flanked by two magnificent Parkia biglandulosa", a lily pond with giant water lilies, and several greenhouses. A building that housed the University Botany Laboratory between 1931 and 1934 was later the house of the Garden Superintendent and still later, a part of the Woodlands Drive-in restaurant. The gate was demolished, he regretfully writes, the giant trees felled and a part of the garden taken over to make way for the Anna Flyover.
* Referring to the Sullivan's Garden Seminary (Miscellany, April 19), M.A. Nelson tells me that the institution offered two years' theological training and students came to it from all parts of the Presidency. Copies of pages from a directory of clergymen he sent me with his letter list several whose qualifications included study at the 'Sullivan's Garden Seminary'. From seminary it became part of St. Ebba's School and then, the CSI Bishop Newbigin College of Education.
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We are having a bit of a debate within our group about characters not advancing out of a career. By the rules once you have spent your 4 fixed advances and 6 open advances on career advances you can get your dedication bonus and then it is essentially time to choose a new career, but this is a bit troublesome. First of all if you raise an attribute to say 5, then you have taken up almost all of your open slots already, so there is little left career related stuff to take, which we are probably going to house-rule as not counting towards advancement.
The other issue is that some career paths are very limited in their options and are pretty short. The real example we are running up against is our witch who has just become a Warlock because he has a very specific talent slot that he looses if he ever transfers out of that career. Eventually he will get to the point that he has nowhere to advance to.
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Depressing fiscal forecasts suggest Wii U may not be much longer for this world. Nintendo's sitting on too big a pile of cash to give up just yet, but if Satoru Iwata revises estimates down much further in the next 12 months, it'll struggle to make it past 2015. Yet if Nintendo's biggest hardware flop since the Virtual Boy does gasp its last a little sooner than anticipated, it'll at least have left us with a few classics to remember it by. Super Smash Bros. will likely end up in a pretty high position on that list.
And if anything's likely to shift the console, it's Smash. One of the biggest hits on both Wii and GameCube, it's a vibrant, boisterous celebration of all things Nintendo, wrapped inside an inclusive, immediate multiplayer brawler.
Naysayers would have you convinced that it's too simple, too lightweight, but the appearance of Melee at the most recent EVO event proves the GameCube game at least is respected by the competitive fighting scene. It may lack complex combos, tricky quarter-circle inputs, dash-cancels and other traditional beat-em-up systems, but that doesn't mean it wants for depth.
It remains to be seen whether the new game is closer to the fizzy, exuberant scrapping of Melee, or leans more towards the slower-paced Brawl, which was as much a love letter to the publisher's rich heritage as it was a thrilling, four-player fighter. As its predecessors did to a lesser extent, it threw the biggest Nintendo stars into the fray without forgetting the more obscure ones: the likes of Elite Beat Agents and Hotel Dusk's Kyle Hyde were immortalised in sticker and trophy form, while further collectables even paid tribute to little-known Japanese-only curios.
Brawl was a fairly extensive education in Nintendo history, and the new game looks like it's happy to fill in any gaps. Majora's Mask's creepy Skull Kid shows up as an Assist Trophy, as does WarioWare's grumpy goth Ashley. There's also a weapon based on 3DS non-hit Steel Diver, though it's a pity it only launches slow-moving torpedoes - otherwise we could have called it a sub machine gun. Either way, this is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg in terms of fan service.
Some have complained that the new game will lack a campaign equivalent to the last game's Subspace Emissary component, a decision that to us seems pretty smart. SSE was Smash at its most indulgent - a fairly basic brawler enlivened by some wonderfully mad cutscenes, but there was a lot of drudgery to get to the daftness.
There may not be a story this time around, then, but the character reveals so far suggest the new game won't stint on the crazy CGI cinematics, while the inherent humour and silliness in witnessing the unlikely collision of so many disparate franchises is clearly intact.
Elsewhere, Sakurai has hinted that he might prune the roster, or at least that players shouldn't expect a vastly increased selection of fighters, unlike the leap from Melee to Brawl. Some favourites will undoubtedly miss the cut, though, given the number of new additions showcased so far, with surely a few more to be revealed. The newcomers so far all seem like smart, quirky additions. Mega Man is a perfect fit for the Smash universe, and it's only a surprise we haven't seen him sooner. Animal Crossing's Villager is an even better choice: there's something oddly sinister about his rictus grin as he snares opponents in his bug net, catches rivals in pitfall traps, and launches one of those creepy gyroids at his rivals.
"The newcomers so far seem like smart, quirky additions. Mega Man is a perfect fit for the Smash universe."
The Wii Fit Trainer is a gloriously leftfield pick - we've grown accustomed to her gently but firmly requesting we maintain our posture while wobbling awkwardly into a wonky downward-facing dog. Yet here, her impressively precise yoga moves are used to smack Mario et al in the mush. Well, it's one way staying fighting fit.
Super Mario Galaxy's Rosalina is a rather less surprising selection - not least given the appearance of a beautiful Galaxy-themed stage - though she may well turn out to be one of the most interesting of the newcomers thanks to her idiosyncratic fighting style. As with Olimar and his Pikmin, she doesn't fight alone, using a Luma friend to assist her, as well as performing remote Smash attacks from a safe distance.
With an infinite supply of replacements she can command her celestial chums to do her bidding while staying out of harm's way, and while she's both taller and heavier than Peach and Zelda, her anti-gravity aura keeps her light on her feet. Meanwhile, her strong up attack conjures a halo-like ring above her head - seemingly as protection against attacks from above.
The new Smash may be in development at Namco, but on Wii U at least, it still looks 100% a Nintendo production - it's irresistibly bright, bouncy, crisp, characterful and polished to a fine sheen. The aesthetic of the 3DS version, however, has drawn some criticism for its reliance on thick black outlines for its characters, lending it a pseudo-cel-shaded look. We're rather less concerned than most - 3DS games almost always look much better in motion than in static screens - and besides, it's almost certainly a practical decision in a beat-em-up as fast and frantic as this, the outlines helping players keep better track of the brashest, busiest action you'll find on a portable device.
While the majority of content will be shared across both versions, each will have some exclusive stages, while most trophies will be tailored to the format: the 3DS prizes based on handheld titles, with the Wii U getting trophies dedicated to home console games. Will cross-platform play allow 3DS players access to Wii U stages and vice versa? It'll be interesting to see how that functions, as it will to compare the two versions.
You'd naturally assume that the Wii U game will be the more full-featured of the two, though Sakurai isn't usually one to skimp on content - you only need look at Kid Icarus: Uprising to see how far he's willing to go to provide value for money. And given that Brawl ended up coming on a double-sided disc - mostly to cram in dozens of remixed Nintendo themes for one of the all-time great soundtracks - if you're getting the download version, you may need to start clearing space right now. Time to invest in a larger SD card (or an external hard drive), perhaps?
While you wait, of course, you can always stay tuned to Miiverse to see what Sakurai's up to. His Picture of the Day posts are perfect examples of one of the series' innate strengths: its creator's sense of humour. Sure, there are plenty of action shots, but the majority highlight its sillier side: ultimately its violence is firmly in the Three Stooges slapstick mould. While that may ultimately be responsible for people taking it less seriously as a fighting game, Smash Bros would be far worse off without it. In particular, it's hard not to break into a broad grin at the image of a beautifully rendered (and completely adorable) French Bulldog clawing at the screen as the brawl continues behind it.
The playable roster should continue to swell in the coming weeks as the game nears release, and we've got two dark horse predictions for you. Given the popularity - in Japan, at least - of Fire Emblem: Awakening, we'd be surprised if Marth wasn't joined by fellow blue-haired hero Chrom - and, perhaps, female lead Lucina - while Xenoblade Chronicles protagonist Shulk and his Monado sword are a decent outside bet.
Either way, it's clear there are plenty more surprises in store - and the majority of those won't be found on Miiverse. Smash Bros may not be Wii U's saviour, but its vast array of cameos and references offer a timely reminder of the breadth and richness of its publisher's catalogue. It's a history lesson the doom-mongers pronouncing Nintendo's imminent demise would be unwise to ignore.


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Welcome to Africa and the start of your African Adventure! You will be met at Nelspruit Airport by our local representative and transferred to your lodge accommodation. This evening you will enjoy your first game drive as you go in search of the Big Five!
Over the next two days you will enjoy two game drives a day at sunrise and sunset, which is considered to be the best time for animal spotting. Kruger is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, covering a staggering 20,000sq km. Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, it has a great array of wildlife including lion, elephant, leopard, cheetah and giraffe.
This morning you will be picked up from your lodge and taken on the Panorama Route - a full day sightseeing tour famous for its breathtaking vistas. Highlights include Mac Mac Falls, Graskop a small forestry town, a stop at 'God's Window' which has stunning views across the canyon and surrounding area, Bourke's Luck Potholes to view these incredible eroded rock formations and the Blyde River Canyon, which is the 3rd largest canyon in the world. You will be dropped off at Nkambeni Tented Lodge, located inside Kruger National Park, where you will spend the next 3 nights.
This morning we take the 2 ½ hour journey to the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, a centre for injured and poisoned wildlife. This afternoon watch a video presentation on what the project is all about before taking a tour of the facility. You will be transferred back to your accommodation at the end of the day. Overnight Nkambeni Tented Lodge.
Today is spent at your leisure, choose to take in another game drive or simply relax at the lodge. Activities will be paid locally to the lodge. Overnight Nkambeni Tented Lodge.
Today you say good bye to Kruger National Park as you are transferred back to Nelspruit Airport in time for your departure flight.


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It's classic side-scrolling action like it was originally designed to be played. The two selectable characters and brain-spraining puzzles mean you'll get more than your money's worth in replay value.
This is 2D action gaming at its best and I'll take this over almost any 3D adventure game or platformer any day of the week.
Solid and consistent. If you loved 4 then you're almost certain to love 5. On the other hand if you've always hated Megaman then move on as this is truly more of the same.
The challenge made for a frustrating game, but this keeps you driven to win. The graphics are nice, and the sound is good but the gameplay is what REALLY makes MMX5 worth playing.
Every aspect from the story to the sound will be completely familiar to anyone who's dabbled with the series before, and while this latest adventure doesn't do much to advance the series, it's a fine little game nonetheless.
A fun game. It's classic Mega Man, a formulaic game that sticks to the same ground rules, but still works. And getting back into the familiar 2D groove just felt really good, especially with the gameplay refinements.
Fans of the classic 2D games will no doubt find much to love in X5, while those who can't get into the aging conventions and mechanics probably won't care a great deal for it.
It's a bit of a step backwards, taking the more exploratory 3D incarnations into consideration. Still, if you're looking for some chaotic old-school 2D side-scrolling mayhem, it's worth checking out.
No big surprises here, from level design to weapon selection. A complete retread of yesteryear's game play.
Nothing more than a fun, nostalgic 2D platforming romp that will only appeal to true hard-core fans.
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Almost 20 young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have gathered to hear not only about the career opportunities but the life opportunities that are available to them now.
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Jason Lee Parry's lakeside photo shoot, 'Wishful Sun, Scattered Sea,' stars model Barbora Vesela and channels all things cool, calm, and collected. The outfits, styled by Tara Nichols and Stephanie Mojonnet, are effortless.
Some are more nonchalant than others, like a lace jumper lingerie number and a ripped rib-showing t-shirt. Others, like an out-there headpiece and embellished armor, make the case for a more demanding look. Strands of braided hair anchor 'Wishful Sun, Scattered Sea,' reminding us of the overall seafaring vibe. Grainy composition and soft lighting complete the shoot.


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It has taken me almost 6 months to make peace with this image and process it. Of course, a little backstory is required after a statement like that.
When I started building and flying my own drones last year, I was motivated to photograph interesting aerial abstracts during my travels without having to hire an airplane. I scoured Google Earth for interesting topography and then set out to photograph it. One of the locations where I envisioned flying my hexacopter to produce an image was above the mudflats where the Nooksack River flowed into Bellingham Bay. The satellite views showed an intricate network of braided channels that I thought looked like a painting.
So, back to the difficult part about processing this image. On my second attempt to fly over this landscape, I had secured a permit from the Lummi tribe to walk out on the mudflats. My dad joined me on a gorgeous day in May with ideal flying conditions. I was feeling confident and flew my drone farther and higher than I had ever flown before (roughly 600m out and 100m up) to compose this image. On my second flight of the day, my hexacopter unfortunately experienced a sudden and rapid descent into the terrain below. Ouch. I could see that my hexacopter was sticking out of the water, so after a lot of effort to reach it I recovered it. The submersion damaged most of the electronics and flooded my camera, but at least the memory card was recoverable and the SuperX flight controller is waterproof. Upon reviewing the blackbox data, I discovered that the reason for the crash was a loss of power to one of my motors which upon inspection showed a poor solder connection which I blame on the Chinese manufacturer.
I hope that you agree that this is an exciting application of technology used to produce a beautiful image. I just wish that it had not cost as much as it did to rebuild my drone and then there is the bigger bruise to my self-confidence. I created this image by flying my Canon EOS M camera, Canon 11-22mm lens, and Singh-Ray LB Warming Polarizer, on my Tarot 690S hexacopter using XAircraft's SuperX flight controller. I processed the RAW file using Aperture 3 and Photoshop CC, plus Nik Software's Color Efex 4's White Neutralizer filter.


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Fashion Week kicks off October 16
Rochester, N.Y.- Rochesters Fashion Week will have some new runway venues this fall.
Fashion Week of Rochester runs from October 16 to October 20.
At a press conference Wednesday, organizers said this year there will be all new venues, including a cool and edgy renovated factory on Russell Street, a church on East Avenue, and the sanctuary in the Temple Building on Franklin Street.
Proceeds from the event benefit The Center for Youth Services.
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Superb views everywhere you look! The Adler Adelboden has a magnificent panoramic pool complex with swimming baths both inside and out.
Those yearning for peace and quiet can bob around in the thermal bath or treat themselves to a soothing massage.
Those feeling more energetic can try their hand at table tennis, table football and pool. And after enjoying a 5-course gourmet menu, or specialities from the buffet, will probably want to retire to their cosy larch-panelled room and there continue enjoying Adelboden in their dreams.
In the heart of Adelboden opposite the church, just 50 meters away from the bus station you will find our cosy chalet hotel. We are situated very centrally, close to the cable cars and the retail area with many shops and boutiques.


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Besides Port
The cold winter months conjure images of a toasty fireplace and a glass of dark, thick wine to warm your stomach and relax your mind. An obvious choice is port, also known as a fortified wine, a category that also includes sherry, madeira, vermouth and marsala. These wines appeal on chilly nights because they're rich and intense.
This richness comes to a large extent from a small dose of grape spirits designed to boost the alcohol content (this is why restaurants only pour half a glass). Fortified wines in general are wonderful with cheese and can be transcendent with desserts, especially those with caramel. If you don't have a fireplace, that's all right—a little fortification will leave a warm glow in your belly.
Cream Sherry Alvears, Jerez, Spain, $16
Great, balanced sweetness and ample dried fruits that avoid tasting too raisiny. Wonderful with coffee and desserts with liberal amounts of pecans or walnuts.
Malmsey Madeira Rare Wine Company, "New York Malmsey," $45
The sweetest of madeiras, this elixir is made from the Malvasia grape, which contributes to its toffee-like richness and it's sweet, earthy finish. Fantastic with bread pudding.
Muscadelle, Chambers Rosewood, Australia, $15/.375 mL
Although this is made from a white grape, extended barrel time yields a wine with an amber color and flavors of citrus caramel, brown butter and nuts. Try with custards or puddings.
Monastrell Olivares, Jumilla, Spain, 2004, $30/.500 mL
Port-like in its sweetness, but sexier and smoother (and better with chocolate).
Michael Kwas is wine director at L'Etoile restaurant. He writes this column monthly.


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This bed has been a true labour of love over the last few months!
I made all cuts with a hand saw, and mainly used a kreg jig to assemble the bed.
The 'insert' in the headboard is made from macrocarpa window trim and tongue-and-groove panelling, which was leftover from when my parents built their house. The rest I bought from a local supplier as rough sawn timber, which I got dressed by a woodworking guy who lives nearby. Had I bought all the timber I used, the cost would have been closer to $400.
I didn't add the moulding that is included in the plan - it's just my preference.
It took a bit of work to convert Ana's plans into metric measurements, but I got there in the end! I love my bed
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Your bed is fantastic! Love everything from the clean style to the finish. Congrats!
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That is absolutely gorgeous!
That is absolutely gorgeous!
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A handsaw????
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As many of you know, we have had some recent challenges establishing The HOUSE Youth Center. The city of Lake Stevens has now given us a clear punch list of what needs to be accomplished and we are working agressively to get all our permits in place. We are very excited about the forward steps as a result of our recent meeting with the city. We want to thank all those who support our efforts to provide the teens of Lake Stevens a safe and positive place. We also would like to thank Mayor Vern Little and his team at the city of Lake Stevens for helping us to bring this important work forward. Many of you have asked, "What can we do to help" We now have a very clear answer to this question. As many of you may know the permit process is very expensive so we are looking for supporters to financially contribute to this process and the few building improvement required to continue this great cause. This isn't about providing for Dottie & I. This isn't about building an organization. This is purely about meeting a huge need in this community by providing a vital resource for the youth/teens of Lake Stevens. Please partner with us by donating at whatever level you can. You can donate by going to our web site and click on the link provided or mailing your donation to The HOUSE @ 12015 29th Pl. NE Lake Stevens, WA 98258. Thank you again for all your support. Note: The HOUSE is a 501c3 non-profit organization.
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SQL Metal and Linq - Refreshing Schema Warnings
So it turns out the simplest way to update your dbml schema is to just delete the existing files and recreate them with SQL Metal. Then, when you include the updated dbml file in your VS 2008 project you will get new dbml.layout and .designer.cs files. You'll of course have to reset your layout if you've modified that. If you do this, you're safe. If you need that layout, continue reading.
Just regenerating the file with SQL Metal will overwrite the dbml file but it will not touch the other two files. This means your layout will be ok but you're not out of the woods. If you have changed the name of an object in the underlying structure, your layout will remove that object from the layout and place the newly named object in the default position (usually top left). This object will NOT appear in your intellisense because the .designer.cs file still has the old name. Note that code referencing the old object name will still compile and run but will throw a SQL object not found exception when run.
Error Code: -2146232060
Error Message "Invalid object name 'your object name'."
Error Number: 208woopsie
So you still want to refresh the schema and keep you designer layout? You have an easy option:
Exclude the dbml file from your project (automatically excludes the other two files).
Delete the .designer.cs file.
Rerun your SQLMetal command.
Re-include the dbml file.
Now the .designer.cs file is regenerated from the dbml and all intellisense and compile-time checking will work. The .cs file contains all the appropriately named items. You also still have your original designer layout but any new objects are placed in the default location and old objects have been removed.
Now if you're modifying your dbml by adding associations etc., you are going to need a compare tool. I use ScooterSoftware's Beyond Compare. Simple, cheap and reliable. Generate your dbml file to a different location and run the compare utility to "import" all your modifications to the new file. Then perform the steps listed above.
Using SQL Metal To Get Connected with Linq
SQLMetal.exe is the command line tool that will allow you to very quickly spin up the object model you'll need to connect from your SQL Server database via Linq. Here are the basics of using SQLMetal.
Take a look at this text file, the output from executing SQLMetal.exe from the VS 2008 command prompt with no parameters. It's pretty straight forward but knowing the details ahead of time will help you set yourself up properly.
To do what I did, you'll need to create a new SQL 05 database on your local machine, call it LinqTesterDB and execute this SQL script to create and populate all the objects.
The Database
This database contains a relational dataset with a few tables, a simple DML stored procedure, a view, a table-valued UDF and a scalar-valued UDF. In my next posting we'll look more deeply at what you can do with these kinds of objects and how to properly address them.SQL Metal Commands
The following commands will be executed to show you what we've got. Here is the actual text of what I ran for each example. (The commands are formatted for easier reading. When actually executing, everything should be on one line.)
1. Create an xml file in dbml format but without an extension so you can peek at it in VS without it opening a designer.
2. Create a basic dbml file to view and manipulate in the VS designer.
3. Same as #2 except with the pluralize switch to see what that looks like.
4. Make the classes generated serializable and include functions, views and stored procedures.
5. Create just a code file, no designer.
6. Create a code file and a mapping file but no designer.I created new file output names, namespaces and datacontext object names for each example. This allows me to have all of them in the same project at the same time. If I think of it and have time, I'll fire some Linq code up for each example and see what kind of IL is generated for each. I expect it to be the same but it would be nice to know for sure.
Layout Files
When you create a dbml file, only that file is created by SQL Metal. Opening or including file in VS 2008 will then create the .layout and .designer.cs files necessary to lay it out. This is great because you can make your layout nice and easy to understand and not have to worry about recreating it every time you have to regenerate the file. If you, like me, use SQL Server's data diagrams, you know the frustration of not knowing exactly when SQL Server will decide to 'rework' your layout for you. This is the file that I reformatted with example #2. Note the table-for-table matching with what's in the SQL database.Pluralization
Pluralizing your model notes from MSDN: "When you use the /pluralize option with the Northwind sample database, note the following behavior. When SqlMetal makes row-type names for tables, the table names are singular. When it makes DataContext properties for tables, the table names are plural. Coincidentally, the tables in the Northwind sample database are already plural. Therefore, you do not see that part working. Although it is common practice to name database tables singular, it is also a common practice in .NET to name collections plural."Here is an example of the output from using the /pluralize switch.
Tables, Views, Stored Procedures and Functions
Note here that including views, sprocs and functions will allow you to see views and operate on them like tables but it will not include table-valued functions in your layout although you can still use them as tables in your Linq queries. Here is a snip of that code:var DueDates = from d in db.FnGetDueDates() select d;
dataGridView1.DataSource = DueDates;To Map or Not
Next, the difference between creating a map file (#6) and not creating a map file (#5) are that not creating the map will force the tool to create an internal System.Data.Linq.Mapping.MappingSource object (concrete type of AttributeMappingSource), two additional constructors for the DataContext and will add attributes directly to all objects and properties as appropriate that will allow them to 'self-map' into the database. See the attached solution for details. By creating the mapping xml file, you take these items out the code file so that if you want to reset any of the mappings, you can. This is a bit closer to an abstraction model but not quite there in my opinion.When you run the project, you'll get a button and a data grid. You can fire it up and see the customers in the list executed with only the connection in app.config. Pretty cool. No ADO.Net code or objects anywhere! You can also replace the Linq query and binding with what you see above and bind to a UDF.
In my next post, I'll spend some time showing how to address each type of object in different ways. Maybe we'll be populating collections or just directly binding to other bits and pieces of the UI that will of course have to expand a bit...
Create a New Page Layout in SharePoint 2007 - Feature-Based
So the requirement presented to me for a client was to take an existing page layout and change a few of the properties to allow it to use some custom styles implemented at the site collection level. To do this, I needed to create a new page layout based on an existing layout, make this part of a feature and pull in all the bits and pieces necessary to deploy this as a feature. Finally, I had to deploy it to the client's testing environment.
Here is how I did it...
First, I was instructed that the Search Main Page was to be used as the starting point. A developer on my team told me the best way to go would be to load up SharePoint Designer, navigate to the appropriate document library and export the file. This didn't work. My requirement was to have the search web part already on the page, the same as the existing search main page. SharePoint Designer killed this web part tag so it came up empty.
Getting a copy of the page layout
1. Better is to go to the site collection you're starting with2. Select "Site Actions" -> "Site Settings" -> "Modify All Site Settings"
3. Under "Galleries", select "Master pages and page layouts"
4. Find the page layout from the list and open its context menu, select "Send to" -> "Download a Copy"
5. Save the file to the solution location. We won't be using Visual Studio because its not necessary for this evolution.
6. Once the file is saved, reopen the context menu for the page layout file and select "View Properties".
7. Click on the Preview Image and when it appears, right click and save the image to the same location as the aspx file.
Now you have the basic aspx files you will modify and put back into SharePoint as a feature. Open the aspx page in an appropriate editor. I'm assuming you understand enough about aspx to do what you need to do. Make the appropriate modifications and save the file.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are like me, you have a desire to 'clean up' the file declarations so you can see what's going on. Don't do this. I haven't figured out why but when I introduced hard returns in the second line (the really long one) of declarations between <% %> sections, it bombed when I reimported it into SharePoint. A guy on the team here thinks there may be a checksum on that line to head off tampering. Dunno but I know when I leave it it works, when I touch it it bombs.
You can also use any editor (Paint.Net works) to change the page layout to look the way you want it to. Change the folder of this file to your feature folder + "\Images". It's required for the page layouts and master pages.
So you should have two files and a subfolder for your feature ready to go.
Now we need to set up the feature to deploy it.
1. Create two new files in any editor: "feature.xml" and "layoutfiles.xml"2. Here are the contents of my feature.xml file:
<Feature Id="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
Title="Custom Formatted Search Page Layout by Jim"
Description="Search page with customized style inclusions"
<ElementManifest Location="layoutfiles.xml"/>
</Feature>2.1. Id is a new GUID you generate from Visual Studio.
2.2. Scope means the level where this will be used, not the level at which it becomes available for items below it. So "Site" scope means it will be installed at the site collection level and used at the site level.
3. Here are the contents of my layoutfiles.xml file:
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<Module Name="CustomSearchMain" Url="_catalogs/masterpage" Path="" RootWebOnly="TRUE">
<File Url="CustomFormattedSearch.aspx" Type="GhostableInLibrary">
<Property Name="Title" Value="$Resources:spscore,SearchMainTitle;" />
<Property Name="MasterPageDescription" Value="$Resources:spscore,SearchMainDescription;" />
<Property Name="ContentType" Value="$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_pagelayout_name;" />
<Property Name="PublishingAssociatedContentType" Value=";#$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_welcomepage_name#0x010100C568DB52D9D0A14D9B2FDCC96666E9F2007948130EC3DB064584E219954237AF390064DEA0F50FC8C147B0B6EA0636C4A7D4;#" />
<Property Name="PublishingPreviewImage" Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Preview Images/customsearchpage.gif, ~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Preview Images/customsearchpage.gif" />
<AllUsersWebPart WebPartZoneID="TopZone" WebPartOrder="1">
<WebPart xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2">
<Assembly>Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=188.8.131.52, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c</Assembly>
<GoImageUrl xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">/_layouts/images/gosearch.gif</GoImageUrl>
<GoImageUrlRTL xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">/_layouts/images/goRTL.gif</GoImageUrlRTL>
<GoImageActiveUrl xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">/_layouts/images/gosearch.gif</GoImageActiveUrl>
<GoImageActiveUrlRTL xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">/_layouts/images/goRTL.gif</GoImageActiveUrlRTL>
<TextBoxWidth xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">280</TextBoxWidth>
<SearchResultPageURL xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">results.aspx</SearchResultPageURL>
<AdvancedSearchPageURL xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">~Site/$Resources:cmscore,List_Pages_UrlName;/advanced.aspx</AdvancedSearchPageURL>
<ShowAdvancedSearch xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">true</ShowAdvancedSearch>
<DropDownMode xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">HideScopeDD</DropDownMode>
<ShouldTakeFocusIfEmpty xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:SearchBoxEx">true</ShouldTakeFocusIfEmpty>
<Module Name="LayoutPreviewImages" Url="_catalogs/masterpage/Preview Images" Path="Images" RootWebOnly="TRUE">
<File Url="customsearchpage.gif" Type="GhostableInLibrary"/>
</Elements>3.1. I took most of this from a coleague and from the net. The CData portion gives you the embedded web part already in the top web part zone.
3.2. Notice the gif image parts of the xml. These are whatever the new name is for the gif you edited earlier.
3.3. Notice also the part that says: "contenttype_welcomepage_name". This means that your layout will appear under the "Welcome Page" templates when you go to use it in your site collection. I haven't found much about this on the web yet but I believe if you search on content types and master page libraries, you may find additional options.
Your feature is complete!
Now its time to deploy.
1. Copy your aspx, gif (in its folder) and 2 xml files to the server where you want to deploy and into a new temporary folder.2. Copy from the temp location to the 12 hive \Template\Features\ folder.
3. Open a command line and run: stsadm.exe -o installfeature -name MyNewPageLayoutFeature -force
3.1. Use the -force option if you've already installed previously.
3.2. the -name value is the name of the folder where the your feature now exists in the 12 hive.
4. Execute iisreset
5. Browse the the appropriate site collection on your server and back to "Site Actions" -> "Site Settings" -> "Modify All Site Settings"
6. Under "Site Collection Administration" select "Site Collection Features"
7. You should see your new feature/page layout. Click to activate.
Use your new layout.
Now, when you go to create a new page, you should see your additional layout. When you select it, you should get your custom layout gif to show users what it will look like.I can imagine really intricate uses of this for creating custom CRM dashboards or for magically including SilverLight applications in your system. Good Luck!
Creating and Deploying a Simple Feature
I found this a week or so ago, lost it and then found it again. At only 29 minutes, its an ideal starter for a develper with my background to create, deploy and activate a feature for a site or site collection. Well spoken and concise with a lot of bits and pieces described in just enough detail to get you working.
Creating and Deploying a Feature for Windows SharePoint Services V3 - Ted Pattison
I'm currently working on getting a new page layout into the "12 Hive" via a feature. When I have it nailed, I'll post a how-to.
Free SharePoint and Workflow Training
I started looking into this guy a week or so ago and have been very impressed with the volume of training info he is either responsible for or finds. I haven't gotten too deeply into any of it yet but it seems pretty well targeted for what I'm doing these days.
Reporting Services and SharePoint MOSS Configuration Woes
In my current position, it always helps to take a small step back and do something else for a little while. I'm working on a simple problem involving building a reporting services report (SSRS) from a SharePoint task list. It will involve building the report against a dataset that was created programmatically. I've looked and can find no secure way of reporting directly against a list of data within the current user's context. Once complete I'll post how I did it. That's not the problem.
The problem is that I could not see the reporting services web sites after setting them up using the SSRS configuration manager UI. It said they were there but I couldn't get to them. So, since I'm doing a brief 15 minute intro to data abstraction next month at a local user group, I figured I'd fire up the latest Beta of the VS 08 VPC and dink with EDM for a while. I only got as far as extracting the VHD's before I fell asleep so more on that later too.
So, firing back up my MOSS dev VHD this morning I looked back at IIS and realized that the "normal" installation of MOSS involves stopping the default web site. Looking into the default web site I find the ReportServer and Reports web apps. Duh!
So I went back to SSRS Config and put them under the Portal web site. Then I get this:
- Parser Error Message: Cannot use 'partitionResolver' unless the mode is 'StateServer' or 'SQLServer'.Whoops. A quick Google and a this forum post led me to believe there was a conflict with MOSS.
So, I'd recommend doing the following when you're firing up SSRS on a MOSS box, at least in a development environment. (Caveat Emptor)
Create a new virtual directory off \inetpub\wwwroot\
Give it a specific port number
I used RS / 8090
Configure (in SSRS) a new "Report Server Virtual Directory"
Configure (in SSRS) a new "Report Manager Virtual Directory"
Go wo Web Service Identity and click the New button next to Report Server
Create a new App Pool for RS to run within
I used ReportingServicesAppPool
Set the authenticated user for the new app pool to the SQL Server Service account you used to set up MOSS.
This should have all the SQL permissions you need to run SSRS (I hope...)
Set Report Server and Report Manager to the new app pool and click Apply
After making these changes I can go to the following URL's and get big love:
http://MOSSPlaySet:8090/Reports/Now I can continue to configuring everything to actually use the Report Web Part. Hope this helps some.
Incidentally, what I'm hearing from the business community (faintly and very far away) is that BI, Agile Reporting and Custom Workflows are the pieces that really draw in the clients around here for SharePoint consulting engagements. Reporting seems easiest to me so off I go...
SharePoint Server Deployment Plan MPP
Joel Oleson, on the SharePoint Team Blog has posted a sample deployment plan for a MOSS installation. Looks pretty comprehensive.
At a glance:
- 6 Months
- Resources:
- Database Administrator
- Desktop Administrator
- Education/Training Lead
- End Users
- Intranet/Internet Administrator
- Project Manager
- Test/QA Lead
- Workspace Coordinators
- Overall methodology seems to be MSF-esque with phases:
- Envisioning
- Planning
- Deployment, Implementation and Configuration Management
- Post-Implementation Operations, Optimization and Business ReviewThey have clearly tried to make this all things to all deployments which is nice. I expect my shop will probably start out with this and whittle it down a little into something that looks like what we actually do. I think that we'll also set up some task notes or links within tasks to point to specifications and guidance.
Additionally, this does not cover anything related to significant custom feature deployments. I wouldn't really expect that though.
Overall, good stuff.
Sharepoint Recycle Bin Administration
It seems that with Sharepoint and MOSS, Microsoft has either gone in a new direction with their documentation, they are just behind the power curve on getting documentation out there OR there is just so much to this product that they decided to let the community figure it out. So, in the interest of helping out, I will post tidbits that I'm learning about this product as I figure it out.
We just had a client ask to give a 10 minute overview of the recycle bin functionality of Sharepoint. Try as I might, Google came up short. I found bits and pieces in the forums but nothing so far has been a brief drive-by of the recycle bin functionality and how to actually use it. So here goes:
The recycle bin in Sharepoint is a 2-stage operation where the user can delete content and get it back for a configurable amount of time and then an administrator can get it back for a configurable frame after that. This you can find in all the help documentation. But how do you DO anything with it?
Use Level Recycle Bin
The first and most simple operation is just to click on the recycle bin link in the corner. Go to the list or content area where you deleted the item and click on the link. You should see the item if it hasn't exceeded its retention expiration date.
Administrative Level Recycle Bin (Site Collection Level)
If your item is not in the recycle bin or you can't find it in your content, ask an administrator to pull it from the site collection recycle bin.
To do this, click on Site Actions in the top right corner of the site and select Site Settings --> Modify All Site Settings.
On the next page, select the Recycle Bin link.
You can now select either all user's recycle bin items or the items that have been deleted from the user recycle bin.
Administering the Recycle Bin Retention Policies
So all the documentation talks about how an adminsitrator can change the retention policy for both the entire server and all users so lets look at how to do that.
Start by going to Administrative Tools in Windows. Select SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration. This opens the admin web site.
Select the Application Management tab.
Now, in the SharePoint Web Application Management section, click on Web application general settings.
Scroll all the way to the bottom of the next page and find the place to edit your Recycle Bin settings for the server.
You can turn off the recycle bins (not recommended), change the user level or the admin level recycle bin settings and then save your new values. What I'm not sure about is the quota in a multi-server setting primarily because I don't know where the recycle bin items are saved. If anyone knows, please post a comments. Thanks!
Interactive Developer Maps
I believe that as you age in the software development business, you start realizing that there is very little new in the world. This means that for someone like me who doesn't read very fast and has kids who need shoes, the desire to go out and purchase a new 60 dollar book about the latest technology wanes somewhat. The problem is that half the book is philosophy and half the other half is basic stuff I already knew anyway. Culling through a myriad magazine and internet articles presents the same problem though admittedly without the expense. The authors are often not interesting enough to really keep my attention and the subject matter is frequently a rehash. I long for a diagram that shows me the lay of the land and allows me to just pick out what I want to learn, learn it and move on at my own pace and in my own direction.
This from the guy who wants to write professionally...
The MOSS technologies are really a jump forward in my opinion for MS. They offer integration points that "the smart people" are still trying to get their minds around and the products are useful right out of the box. Its like having your own Transformer! What I'm hearing from a lot of people on my team and others, though, is that the ability to actually dig in and code against this beast is limited by documentation. I have to admit, before this morning I got more information from blogs and forums than from any technical articles or books.
HINT: MOSS and Sharepoint are lumped under Office in MSDN!!
So I dug around the Office area of MSDN for about 11 seconds and found the Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map. This is a really cool, easy to follow WPF application! It's available via ClickOnce and gives me both the overview I need to constantly review where I am and the details to let me dig into a piece within context.
I reallly hope that similar applications are put forth from MS for Visual Studio Team Systems, Exchange, SQL Server and some of the other platforms that have a very high knowledge entry bar.


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